Edinburgh International

The Edinburgh International is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late November at the Murrayfield Curling Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tournament is held in a round robin format.

History

The tournament was started in 1922 as the Worlds Curling Championship, an open competition between Scottish curlers held at the Haymarket Ice Rink. The tournament was renamed the Edinburgh International Curling Championship in 1975 in order for the International Curling Federation to reserve the name "World Curling Championship" for the Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship at the time. It became an invitational tournament, inviting the semifinalists of the same year's World Championships, and moved venues to the Murrayfield Curling Rink. A period of decreased interest in the tournament led to the event's relegation from a highly respected international tournament to a domestic circuit tournament. In 2007, the tournament became part of the World Curling Tour and the Curling Champions Tour, the European portion of the World Curling Tour, and was slotted to be held in late November.[1] The event was dropped from the tour after 2016, and currently only consists of a senior men's and senior women's tournament.[2]

Past champions

Only skip's name is displayed before 1952. Team line-up order: skip, third, second, lead.[3]

Year Winning team Runner up team Purse (GBP)
Worlds Curling Championship
1922 W K Jackson
1923 W C Johnstone
1924 Scotland Robin Welsh
1925 H McCall
1926 W K Jackson
1927 Scotland Thomas Murray
1928 E Cowper
1929 W K Jackson
1930 E Cowper
1931 L Jackson
1932 W K Jackson
1933 J Hay
1934 W K Jackson
1935 A W Keanie
1936 H Wakelin
1937 H Wakelin
1938 M Mather
Not held 1939–1946
1947 J Robertson
1948 W Scobie
1949 J Walker
1950 Scotland Willie Young
1951 J McWhirter
1952 Scotland Willie Young, Robert Young (?), John B. Pearson, J Scott[4]
1953 Scotland Willie Young, John B. Pearson, J Scott, Robert Young
1954 Scotland James Sanderson, J Cooper, A Allison, R Moffat
1955 J Hamilton, W Archibald, G Baxter, J Leadbetter
1956 J Neilson, J Lamb, W Sommerville, W Macgregor
1957 Scotland Willie Young, John B. Pearson, J Scott, Robert Young
1958 R T Grierson, J Agnew, J McColm, S McColm
1959 Scotland William Henderson, L Tod, H Hay, N Tod
1960 Scotland Willie Young, John B. Pearson, Robert Young, J Young
1961 R B Dick, R B Dick Jnr,T L Morrison,A D Blair
1962 J Sellar,A M Sellar,J Young Jnr,A G Harvey
1963 J Neilson, J Lamb, W Sommerville, J Gilchrist
1964 J Aitken, W Sanderson, W Carsewell, A Graham
1965 Scotland Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell
1966 Canada Gerry McLaughlin, Joe Klein, Ron Taylor, Don McLeod
1967 Scotland Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell
1968 Scotland Alex F. Torrance, Alex A. Torrance, Robert Kirkland, James Waddell
1969 Scotland William Muirhead, George Haggart, Derek Scott, Alex Young
1970 Scotland Willie Young, H Colville, W Kerr, J Young
1971 J Hutchinson, E Johnston, M Brown, J Prentice
1972 James C. Sanderson, Willie Sanderson, Iain Baxter, Colin Baxter
1973 James C. Sanderson, Willie Sanderson, Iain Baxter, Colin Baxter
1974 J Whiteford, R Whiteford, P Aitken, D Adam
Edinburgh International Curling Championships
1975 J C Bryson, J Caldwell, G Connell, J Brown
1976 Scotland William Muirhead, Derek Scott, Len Dudman, Roy Sinclair
1977 Switzerland Peter Attinger, Bernhard Attinger, Mattias Neuenschwander, Ruedi Attinger
1978 Ken J. Horton, Willie Jamieson, Keith Douglas, S Cullen
1979 Scotland Willie Jamieson, R W Kelly, Keith Douglas, S Cullen
1980 Scotland Colin Hamilton, W M Dick, David Ramsay, L Pretsel
1981 Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Robert A Cowan, Robin G Copland
1982 Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Andrew McQuistin, Robert A Cowan
1983 Scotland Colin Hamilton, James C. Sanderson, W M Dick, S Cobb
1984 Graeme P Adam, Ken J. Horton, Grant McPherson, Robert Wilson
1985 Scotland Gordon Muirhead, R W Kelly, K Graham, R G Copland
1986 Peter Wilson, Norman R Brown, Hugh Aitken, Roger McIntyre
1987 Grant McPherson, R Gray, David Howie, Robert Wilson
1988 Norway Eigil Ramsfjell, Sjur Loen, Dagfinn Loen, Morten Skaug
1989 Grant McPherson, Gordon Muirhead, R W Kelly, Robert Wilson
1990 K Prentice, J Muir, R Aitken, B Stewart
1991 Scotland Colin Hamilton, R W Kelly, V Moran, T Dodds
1992 Scotland Colin Hamilton, Ms V Gumley, T Dodds, Ms E Butler
1993 Scotland Mike Hay, Ms K Hay, Grant McPherson, Ms S Harvey
1994 D Howden, T Manuel, W Clark, L Summers
1995 Scotland Warwick Smith, David Smith, Peter Smith, David Hay
1996 Norway Eigil Ramsfjell, Jan Thoresen, Anthon Grimsmo, Tore Torvbråten
1997 Scotland Moray Combe, A Hannah, R Dickson, S Stewart
1998 Scotland Warwick Smith, Hammy C McMillan, Ewan MacDonald, Ross Hepburn
1999 Denmark Ulrik Schmidt, Lasse Lavrsen, B Hansen, C Svengaard
2000 Scotland David Murdoch, N Murdoch, G McKay, S Reid
2001 Scotland Colin Hamilton, Brian Binnie, David Ramsay, G Craik
2002 Scotland Warwick Smith, Ewan MacDonald, A Smith, Peter Loudon
2003 Scotland David Murdoch, Craig Wilson, Neil Murdoch, Euan Byers
2004 Scotland Colin Hamilton, G Patrick, S Murphy, J Boyd
2005 Scotland David Edwards, P Westwood, Ross Paterson, S Gilmour
2006 Scotland Peter Loudon, Graeme Connal, David Hay, M Fraser
2007 A Smith, N McArthur, D Reid, M Fraser
2008 Germany Andy Kapp, Andreas Lang, Holger Höhne, Andreas Kempf Sweden Göran Carlsson 12,500
2009 Scotland David Murdoch, Ewan MacDonald, Peter Smith (curler), Euan Byers Scotland Peter Loudon 10,000
2010 Scotland Graham Shaw, Brian Binnie, Richard Goldie, Robin Niven Scotland Hammy McMillan 10,000
2011 Scotland Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow Scotland Sandy Reid 10,000
2012 Scotland Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow Germany John Jahr 10,000
2013[5] Scotland David Edwards, John Penny, Scott Macleod, Colin Campbell Scotland Ross McCleary 10,000
2014[6] Finland Aku Kauste, Pauli Jäämies, Leo Mäkelä, Janne Pitko Czech Republic David Šik 10,000
2015 Scotland Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cammy Smith Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 10,000
2016 Czech Republic Karel Kubeska, Jiri Candra, Martin Jurík, Lukáš Klíma Scotland Bruce Mouat 10,300

References

  1. ^ "Edinburgh International – History". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ "SoftPeelR - manage your curling tournament!".
  3. ^ "Edinburgh International – Past Winners". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  4. ^ "-". The Bridge of Allan Gazette. 13 December 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Edinburgh International: Main".
  6. ^ CurlingZone